Burial vault



' A. EVARD BURIAL VAULT May 24, 1932.

Filed Feb. 16, 1951 I N VEN TOR.

BY 7 9% ATTORNEY.

Patented May '24, 1932 I it? l BURIAL VAULT ALFRED EVARD, or roar WAYNE, I DIANA i v Application filedvFebruary s, 1931;3Se1ial no.51e,o5s.

or such as forms by condensation is prevent ed from saturating'the casket.

An illustrative embodiment of the inven- I tion is shown in the accompanying drawings, in wh1ch; r 10 broken away; and

Fig. 2 is anend elevation of the same with 25: spaced apart upon which the lower edge of an inner cover 7 for the casket rests, the lower edge of the cover having a rabbet formed therein to fit-the offset; and also a pair of seats 8 and-9 disposed in horizontal planes spaced apart upon which rests the lower edge-of an outer cover 10, said lower edge having a rabbet formed therein tom the ofiset 4. i V, I

The base 1 has made therein a series of transversely disposed ducts 11, the ends of which extend entirely through the correspondingoifsets 2, 8 and 4 and across the.

seats '6 and 8, the seats 5 and 9 being uninterrupted'by said ducts. Thus, the contactfof of said cover 7 rests u'pon portions 12 of the seat 6 that are spaced apart because of the ducts 11 that intervene therebetween; and

' the'co'ntact of the inner portion of the lower W A ture 'doesnot occur butleaves spaces-for l J drainage of, m'oisture from"thQS bon agnn surfaces between the covers andfthef'base that "106 edge of the outer cover 10 upon the seat 8 is rupon portions 13-that are spaced apart because of the ducts 11','while thecontact of the with theirlowere'dges seated upon the base Fig. 1 is a side elevation of an enclosure any condensations of moisture that a "g l; I f r oontalning a casket and 1n whlch the inven-f tion is embodied, portions'thereof being outer portion of the'lower edge ofsa'id 1 around the base.

10 upon the seat QfeXtends unbroken entirely The covers'j7 an'd IO are eaohformed?of cement in asingle piece without joints. so that they are entirely closed except at their bot} toms so that escape-of air: through their walls] is prevented; When the coversiare-in place cumul'ate within the coversan'dcreep along the contacting portions Ofthe-baseand ooverswill seep outwardly'leavingjthe casket? v f 14'dry; The "ducts11afi'ord.spacesfffor the reception of seepagefrom within thejcove rs', and the ducts become drained'by seepage, of the water therefrom past the 'ofi'set 4 and between the outer edge'portion oftheouter cover and the I seat 9.

-shpum the'gmvefiuingnf earth surro'ii iigg" vaultfbecame saturated, entra teeffg water. therefrom into the vault is 'preventedf because of the content of air within the I covers which is confined therein. Asfporf tions of the seats 6 andS on the base areinterrupted bythe ducts seepage of waterinto the vaultibetweenth'e iowerledge'snftns eo'v rs; and the base capillary attraction isthere bygaverted. .The water uponfs'eeping wardly betweenthe spaced portions 13 and 12 of the; seatsiSan'd 6 andthe corresponding contacting edges Ofthe covers thereon drains I back into the] ducts lll 'fro l fri whenoe it j absorbedi byfthe earthtsubsequently a s'thel a I f In the" ordinary structure where the. edge f t se er m 111 0 11 6 e r h 'brupo x a bas a de e n of the co er with the;

- the inner, portion of the lower edge of the "v rt o 'the ba e n o ian d'u o az I inner cover 7 upon the seat 5 extendsiun moisture labsorbed :from the I surrounding. lois aturated earth; is drawnV byfcapillary attraction into the ,cavity withinthe "cover.

However, in the present structure the seats 6-- andSare broken at points where'theend ii i o a as the ducts openfl through the s des of the base; and where the tendency of attraction (if-mots tends to accumulate through capillary attraction. V

The ends of bothcovers 7 and 10 have formed upon each end thereof an outwardly extending ledge 15 which provide means for the'attachment of a grapple or any suitable device whereby the covers may be conveniently handled during transportation and lowering them into position within the grave. As

V to the present invention, such pedient is not herein disclosed.

' the grapple or other similar expedient maybe of any suitable construction and immaterial grapple or ex- In making an installation of the vault, the base 1 is first positioned upon the bottom of the, grave, after which the casket llis lowered and eentered upon the lbase, The cover -7 is then suspended from a grapple and lowered into position upon the base over the casket with its lower edges resting upon the seats 5 and 6 so that the casket is completely enclosed by the base and the cover 7. The outer cover IOis then likewise placed into position over the inner cover 7 with its lower edges resting. upon'the .seats 8 and 9 so that the v inner cover 'is' completely encased thereby. I The outer ends of the :ducts 11' in the base extend outwardly beneath the corresponding sected thereby, and inner and outer covers each of which is closed at its top, sides and ends,the lower edges of which covers are "adapted to rest upon the corresponding seats,

there being a space intervening between said A covers that has communication with said ducts.

3. In a burial vault,,a'base adapted forvthe I support of a casket and having a series of ducts disposed between the top-and bottom -of the base, and inner and outer covers, the

top, side and end walls of each cover being 1n-' tegral, rsald covers being adapted to i rest edges of theinner cover 7 and havecom mnnication with the space 16v between said covers, and extend also beneath the'inner per-1 tion of the lower edge of the: outer cover, .so that said'ducts receive the water which forms by condensation upon the inner ,walls iof the outer coverand the outer wall o'fthe inner cover, orthat is drawn by capillary attraci of ofi's e'ts extending entirelyaround its :edges tion into the vault through the joint the outerjcover-and the base. 7

,"Iclaim: p I i '1. ,In a burial vault, a'base havinga series and disposed in vertical planes spaced apart and corresponding horizontal seats,and-having also a series of ducts, the ends of which 7 extendthrough said o'fisets and across the intermediate seats whereby,seatportionson the basebetween said offsets a're spaced apart,

an inner cover closed about its top, sides and ends, and having a rabbet formed, in its lower edge to fi-tthe innermost o'ifse't'on said base,

' andgan outer cover spaced from said'finner cover and closed about'its top, sides and ends,

adapted to enclose said'inner cover and having'a rafbbetformed in i'tslower edge 'to fit" v the outermost offset on said base, said covers eachliaving 'formedon the ends thereof an outwardly'extend'ing ledge, said ducts having with the space between said communication covers.

2. .a burial vault,,a base having a series :otseatsdisposed around its edges, and having also a series i-otd-ucts extending transversely;therethrough,the ends otw'hich ducts extend across the intermediate seats whereby certaln seat portions on the base are interbetween i ALFRED A D. 

